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English
Etymology
From Middle French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzən/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪzæn/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹtɪzən/, /ˈɑɹtɪsən/
Noun
artisan (plural artisans)
- A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft.
- A person who displays great dexterity.
Derived terms
Translations
skilled manual worker
- Albanian: zanatçi (sq) m, mjeshtër (sq) m, zejtar (sq) m, artizan (sq) m
- Arabic: صَانِع m (ṣāniʕ), حِرَفِيّ m (ḥirafiyy), حِرْفِيّ m (ḥirfiyy)
- Armenian: արհեստավոր (hy) (arhestavor)
- Azerbaijani: sənətkar (az)
- Basque: artisau
- Belarusian: раме́снік m (ramjésnik), раме́сьнік m (ramjésʹnik) (Taraškievica), раме́сніца f (ramjésnica), раме́сьніца f (ramjésʹnica) (Taraškievica)
- Bengali: কারিগর (bn) (karigor)
- Bulgarian: занаятчи́я (bg) m (zanajatčíja), занаятчи́йка f (zanajatčíjka)
- Burmese: ပညာသည် (my) (pa.nyasany)
- Catalan: artesà (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 工匠 (zh) (gōngjiàng), 匠人 (zh) (jiàngrén), 手藝人 / 手艺人 (zh) (shǒuyìrén)
- Czech: řemeslník (cs) m, řemeslnice f
- Danish: håndværker (da) c
- Dutch: ambachtsman (nl) m, ambachtsvrouw (nl) f, ambachtswerker m
- Esperanto: metiisto (eo)
- Estonian: käsitööline
- Finnish: käsityöläinen (fi), artesaani (fi)
- French: artisan (fr) m, artisane (fr) f
- Friulian: artesan m
- German: Handwerker (de) m, Handwerkerin (de) f
- Greek: τεχνίτης (el) m (technítis)
- Ancient: τεχνίτης m (tekhnítēs)
- Gujarati: કારીગર m (kārīgar)
- Hebrew: אומן \ אָמָּן (he) m (omán), אומנית f (omanít)
- Hindi: कारीगर (hi) m (kārīgar)
- Hungarian: kisiparos (hu), mesterember (hu), műves (hu), kézműves (hu)
- Icelandic: handverksmaður (is) m
- Irish: ceardaí m
- Italian: artigiano (it) m
- Japanese: 工匠 (ja) (こうしょう, kōshō), 職人 (ja) (しょくにん, shokunin)
- Kazakh: қолөнерші (qolönerşı)
- Khmer: សិប្បករ (səppaʼkɑɑ)
- Korean: 공장(工匠) (ko) (gongjang), 장인(匠人) (ko) (jang'in)
- Kyrgyz: кол өнөрчү (kol önörcü)
- Lao: ຊ່າງຝີມື (sāng fī mư̄)
- Latin: artifex (la) m, opifex m
- Latvian: amatnieks m, amatniece f
- Lithuanian: amatininkas m
- Macedonian: занаетчија m (zanaetčija), занаетчика f (zanaetčika)
- Malay: tukang (ms)
- Manx: keirdagh m, fer keirdey m
- Maori: ringarehe
- Marathi: कारागीर m (kārāgīr)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: håndverker (no) m
- Old English: cræftiga m
- Old Irish: cerd
- Ottoman Turkish: صنعتكار (sanʼatkâr)
- Persian: پیشهور (piše-var), صنعتگر (san'at-gar), هتوخش (hotuxš)
- Polish: rzemieślnik (pl) m, rzemieślniczka (pl) f
- Portuguese: artesão (pt) m
- Punjabi: ਕਾਰੀਗਰ m (kārīgar)
- Romanian: artizan (ro) m
- Russian: реме́сленник (ru) m (reméslennik), реме́сленница (ru) f (reméslennica), ма́стер (ru) m (máster), куста́рь (ru) m (kustárʹ)
- Sanskrit: ऋभु (sa) m (ṛbhu)
- Scottish Gaelic: ceàrd
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: зана̀тлија m, о̀бртнӣк m
- Roman: zanàtlija (sh) m, òbrtnīk (sh) m
- Sicilian: articianu m
- Slovak: remeselnik m, remeselníčka f
- Slovene: obrtnik m, obrtnica f, rokodelec m, rokodelka f
- Spanish: artesano (es), menestral m (historical)
- Swedish: hantverkare (sv) c
- Tajik: санъаткор (sanʾatkor), ҳунарманд (hunarmand)
- Tamil: கைவினைஞர் (kaiviṉaiñar)
- Thai: ช่างฝีมือ (th) (châang-fǐi-mʉʉ)
- Turkish: zanaatkar (tr), usta (tr)
- Ukrainian: ремісни́к m (remisnýk), ремісни́ця f (remisnýcja)
- Urdu: کاریگر m (kārīgar)
- Uzbek: hunarmand (uz)
- Venetan: artexan (vec) m
- Vietnamese: nghệ nhân (vi)
- Yiddish: בעל־מלאָכה m (balmelokhe)
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Adjective
artisan (not comparable)
- artisanal
2015, Andrea Chesman, The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How:Bread is either cheap (soft, squishy supermarket loaves) or expensive (artisan bakery loaves).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “artisan”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “artisan”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “artisan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
- Sartain, Sinatra, Taranis, Trainas, antiars, astrain, sartain, tasiRNA, tasirna, tsarian, tsarina
French
Etymology
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“to instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
Noun
artisan m (plural artisans, feminine artisane)
- artisan (manual worker)
- (figuratively) creator; innovator; inventor; architect
Derived terms
Further reading
Indonesian
Etymology
From French artisan, from Vulgar Latin *artītiānus, from Latin artītus (“skilled”), past participle of artiō (“I instruct in arts”), from ars (“art, skill”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: ar‧ti‧san
Noun
artisan (uncountable)
- artisan.
- Synonyms: perajin, pengrajin, tukang
Further reading
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
artisan m
- craftsman, artisan
